Laramie County School District 1
District Profile/System Summary 2007-2008

Laramie County School District 1 is the largest school district in the State of Wyoming with 37 schools serving 13,000 students.  District Profiles
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2007-08
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Student Population Profile
LCSD1 Enrollment Trends
  2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009
School Year 12,832 12,780 12,936
Elementary/K–6 6,679 6,674 7,016
Junior High/7–9 3,012 2,877 2,912
High School/10–12 3,141 3,139 3,008
Daily Student Attendance Percentages
  2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008
Elementary 96.41% 95.6% 95.24%
Secondary 94.45% 92.81% 92.17%
District 95.43% 94.20% 93.82%
Students by Ethnicity
  2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009
Alaskan/American Native 1.1% 1.1% 1.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander 1.7% 1.8% 1.9%
Black 4.6% 4.7% 4.7%
Hispanic 15.7% 16.2% 16.4%
White 76.9% 76.2% 75.8%
Summer Programs Completion Rate
  2006 2007 2008
Summer School Pre-K - Fifth Grade 73% 62% 80%
Summer School Grades 6-8 74% 78% 90%
Summer School Grades 9-12 Session 1: 72%
Session 2: 81%
Session 1: 77%
Session 2: 76%
Session 1: 84%
Session 2: 85%
Graduation Rates for the past three reporting years
  • 2004–2005: 77.7%
  • 2005-2006: 78.4%
  • 2006-2007: 74%

Graduation rate, or "exit" rate, is based on a group of students beginning in grade nine and following them until grade 12. The "exiters" for the cohort are a sum of the students exiting in grade 12 during 2007 plus the dropouts in grade 11 in 2005–2006, Grade 10 in 2004–2005 and ninth grade in 2003–2004. Graduation rate is reported one year behind.

2008 Graduates 777
Graduate Plans Of the 396 students who responded to the survey*
 
  2006 2007 2008
Two- or Four-year college:
Trade/technical school:
Entering workforce:
Military:
Undecided:
70.1%
5.5%
8.2%
6.5%
9.6%
77.8%
5.3%
5.9%
7.2%
3.7%
76%
4%
7.3%
7.1%
5.6%

*Students are asked prior to graduation what they plan to do after they graduate.

2007 Graduate Follow-Up Survey

Of the 131 students who responded to the survey*

  • Two- or Four-year college: 52.7%
  • Trade/technical school: 2.3%
  • Military: 3%
  • Full-time employment: 16.8%
  • Part-time employment: 22.9%
  • Other: 2.3%

*2007 graduates were surveyed six months after graduation.

American College Testing Composite Scores
  2006 2007 2008
District 22.3 21.9 21.4
State 21.6 21.5 21.1
National 21.1 21.2 21.1
2007-2008 National Merit Scholar Honors Finalists: 3
Semi-Finalists: 3
Number of Seniors eligible for Hathaway Scholarship June 2008: 391
PAWS/State Standards-Based Assessments
 Proficient or advanced in reading 2006 2007 2008
3rd Grade District
State
63.8%
61.7%
80%
75%
62.4%
61.7%
4th Grade District
State
66.5%
64.3%
82%
77%
74%
73.4%
5th Grade District
State
68%
66.1%
80%
74%
69.7%
65.6%
6th Grade District
State
70.8%
62.9%
81%
75%
77.5%
70.1%
7th Grade District
State
62.9%
63.2%
66%
71%
64.3%
64.9%
8th Grade District
State
60.6%
61.5%
59%
71%
70.7%
70.5%
11th Grade District
State
55.9%
62.3%
74%
74%
60.9%
65.8%
 Proficient or advanced in writing 2006 2007 2008
3rd Grade District
State
46.6%
41.1%
74%
66%
41.4%
41%
4th Grade District
State
50.2%
46.9%
78%
64%
58.8%
52.8%
5th Grade District
State
41.1%
37.6%
66%
55%
48.5%
37.1%
6th Grade District
State
53.8%
45.7%
75%
65%
50.3%
47.4%
7th Grade District
State
42.9%
48.4%
69%
66%
44.9%
47.6%
8th Grade District
State
70.2%
64.9%
82%
79%
55.4%
58.2%
11th Grade District
State
45%
59%
79%
73%
73.3%
73%
 Proficient or advanced in math 2006 2007 2008
3rd Grade District
State
77.3%
74.7%
92%
92%
82.4%
83.4%
4th Grade District
State
73.6%
73.2%
88%
87%
74.5%
76.8%
5th Grade District
State
67%
66%
79%
77%
74.9%
70.9%
6th Grade District
State
76.3%
71.6%
81%
81%
79.7%
78.2%
7th Grade District
State
54.9%
61%
72%
71%
78.2%
72.2%
8th Grade District
State
44.4%
53.9%
57%
61%
70%
67.7%
11th Grade District
State
45%
57.3%
59%
65%
57.6%
64.4%
Ratio of student enrollment K-12 to certified staff
2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008
1:13.85 1:14.10 1:13.20
Students Per Computer 2.1
The district has traditional or mobile computer labs large enough to accommodate an entire class in every school
2007–2008 Students Receiving Special Services
(Reported Dec. 1, 2007)
Number disabled—1,622
Percent disabled—12.4% (Dec. 1, 2006)  12.7% (Dec. 1, 2007) 13.21 (Nov. 1, 2008)
Percent disabled statewide—13.9% (Dec. 1, 2006)  13.83% (Dec. 1, 2007) not avail (Nov. 1, 2008)
K-12 Disciplinary Actions
  2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008
Long Term Suspensions 19 14 20
Expulsions 15 17 28
General Information
Instructional Contact Hours
  State Required Minimum District Average
Kindergarten 450 1,047
Elementary 900 1,047
Junior High 1,050 1,165
Senior High 1,100 1,325
Total 2007-2008 Employees Certified, classified, part- and full-time: 2,091
Instructional full-time equivalent: 1,090.34
Beginning Teacher Salary $42,379
Average Instructional Salary $57,029
School Nutrition
Percent of LCSD1 student qualified for free meals (November)
2006
23%
2007
23%
2008
23.2%
Percent of LCSD1 student qualified for reduced-price meals (November)
2006
12%
2007
10.5%
2008
11.1%
Bus Transportation
  • First bus out at 4:30 a.m.—Last bus in at 6:30 p.m.
  • Transport an average of 3,500 students per day
  • Average annual mileage of 1.9 million miles
  • Average out-of-town/field trip mileage 370,000 miles
  • Fleet size: 102 buses,12 Suburbans
  • # of routes: 59 regular ed., 7 wheel chair routes, 10 special needs routes
  • Longest route: 311 miles daily
  • Shortest route: 22 miles daily
  • Summer school mileage: 33,000 miles
Finance 2007–2008 general fund expenditure: $157,445,927
Expenditure per student:

2005-2006 - $9,903
2006-2007 - $11,800
2007-2008 - $12,319
Geographic Size LCSD1 covers 1,592 square miles in southeast Wyoming, which includes three rural elementary schools, 23 city elementary schools, three junior highs, two high schools and one alternative high school.
Use of Facilities Slightly more than 11,736 community activities were held in LCSD1 schools during 2007-2008 
 
Facility: Age
Clark Building: 87 Hobbs Elementary: 49
Administration Building: 87 Lebhart Elementary: 49
Clawson Elementary: 69 Willadsen Elementary: 49
Maintenance Building: 68 Arp Elementary: 47
Deming Elementary: 63 Bain Elementary: 47
Hebard Elementary: 63 Jessup Elementary: 47
Rossman Elementary: 62 Davis Elementary: 43
Cole Elementary: 59 Food Service Building: 41
Henderson Elementary: 58 Science Center, Warehouse, Transportation: 37
Storey Gymnasium: 58 Ag Farm: 33
Carey Junior High School: 55 McCormick Junior High: 32
Pioneer Park Elementary: 53 Central High: 30
Dildine Elementary: 52 Johnson Junior High: 25
Fairview Elementary: 52 Anderson Elementary: 25
Miller Elementary: 52 Gilchrist Elementary: 24
Goins Elementary: 51 Afflerbach Elementary: 22
Okie Blanchard Stadium: 50 Alta Vista Elementary: 22
East High School: 49 Freedom Elementary 3
Buffalo Ridge Elementary: 49 Sunrise Elementary 1
  Baggs Elementary 0
Triumph 0
Average total facility age: 44 years
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